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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 26, 1912 Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2002 Worthing, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Worthing BC | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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George Harry Scadgell known as John Scadgell (1912-2002) was an England international lawn bowler. [1] [2]
Scadgell won a gold medal in the fours at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff with Norman King, John Bettles and Walter Phillips. [3] [4] [5]
He won three National Championship titles, two in the pairs (1955 [6] and 1966 [7] ) and once in the fours (1961). [8] [9] He also finished runner-up to Peter Line in the 1964 singles. [10]
He and his father H G (George) Scadgell both bowled for Worthing and ran a House and hotel furnishing company. [11]
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